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Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Yauvata (यौवत) refers to a “multitude of young women”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 2.41 (“divo'pi yauvataiḥ”); 11.90 (subhagayauvatamaulimālā); 12.35 (vīrayauvatatruṭadbhujākambu....); 16.109 (yauvatavibhramodbhavaḥ).

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yauvata (यौवत).—[yuvatīnāṃ samūhaḥ aṇ]

1) An assemblage of young women; अवधृत्य दिवोऽपि यौवतैर्नसहाधीतवतीमिमामहम् (avadhṛtya divo'pi yauvatairnasahādhītavatīmimāmaham) N.2.41;11.9; मनुष्यनारीजनतोऽपि यौवतं दिवौकसां श्रेष्ठतमं वदन्ति (manuṣyanārījanato'pi yauvataṃ divaukasāṃ śreṣṭhatamaṃ vadanti) Rām. Ch.2.3.

2) The quality of a young woman (beauty &c.); the state of being a young woman; अहो विबुधयौवतं वहसि तन्वि पृथ्वीगता (aho vibudhayauvataṃ vahasi tanvi pṛthvīgatā) Gītagovinda 1 (surasundarīrūpam).

Derivable forms: yauvatam (यौवतम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yauvata (यौवत).—n.

(-taṃ) 1. Measure in general. 2. An assemblage of young women. 3. The state of being a youthful woman. E. yu to mix, deriv. irr.; or yuvatī a young woman, aff. aṇ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Yauvata (यौवत):—1. yauvata n. ([from] yuvati) a number of girls or young women, [Gīta-govinda] ([Pāṇini 4-2, 38]).

2) 2. yauvata = yautava, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yauvata (यौवत):—(taṃ) 1. n. Measure in general; assemblage of youth.

[Sanskrit to German]

Yauvata in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Yauvata (ಯೌವತ):—

1) [noun] a group of girls or young women.

2) [noun] the qualities of young women, as decency, decorum, modesty, etc.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Yautava, Yauvateya, Bhikshadi.

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